Erik is a baseball fan who has been attending baseball games and snagging baseballs regularly since 2008.

7-20-10 PNC Park

Today got off to a really slow start. I didn’t snag my first ball until near the end of Pirates batting practice.

Lastings Milledge hit a home run that ended up in the upper bleachers. As I ran up to get it, another ball narrowly missed hitting me on my way up the stairs. I continued up the stairs to snag ball #1.At the end of Pirates BP, Ross Ohlendorf tossed me ball #2.

That was all I got from the Pirates in the first 30 minutes. A bit frustrating.

Not long after the Brewers started hitting, Rickie Weeks hit a home run ball that was directly in the sun. I tracked the ball most of the way, but lost it at the last second. Luckily, the ball landed right next to me in the front row. Another ballhawk inexplicably threw his glove at the ball, which missed and ended up on the field, so I was able to dodge the glove and snag ball #3. It had the number ‘8’ written on it.

I used the glove trick to snag ball #4 near the bullpen.

A ball had settled up against the wall and made for an easy snag. All I had to do was make sure Marcus Hanel, who despises the glove trick, wasn’t watching.I left after the third inning as I still needed to get to the gym and it was already almost 8:30pm.

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